meme

German: ‘mäh’.

Suggested source is from the German ‘mäh’, the sound made by a goat (Tryon, 1995, 2: 293-294).

See original Mihalic entry.

Goats on the roadside in SDA area east of Kundiawa, July 1980.

Noun forms

  1. Fauna: a goat
    meme man a billy goat
    meme meri a nanny goat
    pikinini meme a kid

  1. Physical state: the inedible part left after chewing betel nut or sugar cane, the pulp of fruit, anything squashed flat ® sup
    kar krungutim, na em i sup na meme nating a car ran over it and it was squashed flat

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